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Apr 22, 2014, 11:09 PM
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I've been reading that sleep paralysis is more related to narcolepsy, but I experience it regularly, and I'm not narcoleptic. I tend to experience it more upon attempting to wake up versus while falling asleep.
I also often have hallucinations of intruders in the room and/or of being raped during sleep paralysis. I don't know if this has any relationship to my PTSD, depression, and anxiety. I wasn't raped, although I did suffer physical and sexual abuse. Any advice would be helpful. Seesaw |
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Apr 23, 2014, 07:42 PM
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When I first started getting sleep paralysis and hallucinations as I was falling asleep (called hypnagogic hallucinations, in case you're curious) I thought it was more related to my PTSD. I also, like you, get sleep paralysis when I'm waking up.
Then I went to a sleep doctor for excessive daytime sleepiness issues thinking I had sleep apnea. Well, after a sleep study, it was determined that I actually had narcolepsy. Didn't see that one coming when it came. But it is estimated, and I have no earthly idea how they know this, that only 25% of people with narcolepsy have been diagnosed. It can take 10 to 15 years for the correct diagnosis to finally be made!! So you possibly having it may not be as irrational as you might think. But, regardless of the cause, I sure hope you are able to figure it out!  
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Apr 23, 2014, 08:14 PM
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Hmmm, I will bring it up to my doctor at our next appointment next week.
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Apr 24, 2014, 08:57 AM
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I too suffer from the occasional sleep paralysis when trying to wake up... I'll be in my dream trying to move and actually get up but I get nowhere like I'm doing the moonwalk. What *has* worked for me is to associate a bodily function like needing to go to the bathroom and I can usually break free at that point by focusing my mind on having to take a leak and I can usually wake up and break free from the sleep paralysis. I've tried other techniques including calling myself out that my body and mind are not in synch and this is a dream. Hope this technique works for you... I've had this since I was a little child and am just now only getting more control or times I've been able to break free and actually wake my mind up. Much Peace, ~ DMHOBBIT ~ |
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